Illinois Prison – Student Recycling Program
A high school ecology class has helped to make a central Illinois prison a little greener. Reported in the Chicago Tribune.
Pontiac Township High School teacher Paul Ritter says 14 of
his students developed a recycling program that began last week at the Pontiac Correctional Center.
Ritter says prison staff approached him to come up with a recycling plan after realizing that more than 14,000 plastic bottles each month were being thrown away at the facility.
Pontiac prison houses more than 1,600 inmates.
Ritter says his students overcame a big obstacle in developing the plan — they weren’t allowed to visit the prison or see any images of it.
The new system allows inmates and staff to recycle bottles and paper.
Officials hope the plan can be expanded to other prisons.
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